Top Bush administration officials paint a dire picture of recession, layoffs and more foreclosed homes if Congress doesn't quickly pass a proposed $700 billion financial bailout package. ...more

September 24, 2008

Barclays PLC will unveil a plan to acquire all or part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s investment banking and trading operations, a person close to the talks said Tuesday. ...more

September 17, 2008

Lehman Brothers, a 158-year-old investment bank choked by the credit crisis and falling real estate values, filed for Chapter 11 protection in the biggest bankruptcy court filing ever on Monday and said it was trying to sell off key business units. ...more

September 16, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa, according to documents filed Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 4, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants Inc., a Tampa-based chain, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Tampa today, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

September 3, 2008

Growing up in Dallas, a restaurant hotbed, Ken Boyle always got the same career advice. ...more

August 5, 2008

Luxury home builder WCI Communities Inc., which has a large project in Tampa, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this morning. This comes after the Bonita Springs-based company failed to obtain new financing and some holders of $125 million convertible notes insisted last week on being paid in cash in August. ...more

August 4, 2008

TAMPA Bennigan's restaurants in the Tampa Bay region were locked shut Tuesday, joining hundreds of others that closed nationally as the corporate owner of the once-popular chain filed for bankruptcy court protection and plans to liquidate. ...more

July 30, 2008

The developers of the Shops at Wiregrass confirmed on Tuesday a number of tenants for their plaza that's slated to open Oct. 30. ...more

July 30, 2008

For a handful of homeowners in Pasco and Hillsborough counties who dreamed of floating in their new pools by now, it's going to be a long, hot summer. ...more

July 23, 2008